Politics
This is a repost of a blog contribution published at the Kaldor Center on 9 April 2020. In theory, international protection in Europe is well governed. All States are bound by the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The European Union Member
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This is a repost of a blog contribution published at the EU migration law blog on 20 March 2020. In the fast-growing Corona crisis, governments in Europe are currently trying to find ways to contain the virus. Many measures seem at first sight to make sense (like school closures and
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COVID-19 stellt unser soziales, politisches und wirtschaftliches Leben auf den Kopf. Zumindest zwischenzeitlich. So nötig und nachvollziehbar die vom Bundesrat verordneten Einschränkungen sind, so erstaunlich ist die weitgehend unkritische Diskussion der Restriktionen. Laufen wir damit Gefahr, dass sich die Einschränkungen in der Post-COVID-19-Ära zur Normalität mausern? Aus Spitälern geklautes Desinfektionsmittel,
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Between February and March 2020, many people accustomed to being highly mobile witnessed a massive curtailing of their right to travel both across and within countries. Among these measures were suppression of flights, closure of borders, banning of international student exchanges, halting of public transportation, lock-down of entire cities, freezing
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Imagine living in a confined space, without a feeling of being “home” and being controlled by institutional actors. With this in mind, three filmmakers tackled the theme of encampment. They joined our recent discussion after the first “On the Mov(i)e” event, sharing their reflections on the conceptualization of encampment and ...
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